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Celebrate the end of Ramadan with this luminous Muslim family story about faith, history, and delicious foods.



On the night before Eid, it's finally time to make special sweet treats: Teita's famous ka'ak. Zain eagerly unpacks the ingredients from his grandmother's bulky suitcase: ghee from Khalo Karim, dates from Amo Girgis, and honey from Tant Tayseer--precious flavors all the way from Egypt. Together with Mama and Teita, Zain follows his family's recipe and brings to life Eid songs and prayers, pharaonic history, and the melodies and tastes of his Egyptian heritage.

This Muslim holiday

The Night Before Eid

“Be a friend to everyone.” Rumi’s words are needed now more than ever. A picture book biography of the renowned Persian poet that introduces children to Rumi’s life and teachings.

Even the greatest poet was once a child. And so it was with Rumi. When he was young he was enchanted by birds and books. He later became a scholar, but it was the loss of his best friend, Shams, that inspired Rumi to his most important realization: Love is in us and everywhere.

The Persian mystic and poet Rumi is one of the best known and most widely read poets in the world. The renowned illustrator Rashin Kheiriye

Rumi, Poet of Love and Joy

When you have to leave behind almost everything you know, where can you call home? Sometimes home is simply where we are: here. An imaginative, lyrical, unforgettable picture book about the migrant experience through a child's eyes.

When a little girl and her younger brother are forced along with their family to flee the home they've always known, they must learn to make a new home for themselves -- wherever they are. And sometimes the smallest things -- a cup, a blanket, a lamp, a flower, a story -- can become a port of hope in a terrible storm. As the refugees travel onward toward an uncert

Story Boat

Welcome Home

Bahar, The Lucky

Gwendolyn's Pet Garden

It's Rashin's first day of school in America!Everything is a different shape than what she's used to:from the foods on her breakfast plate to the letters in the books! And the kids' families are from all over!The new teacher asks each child to imagine the shape of home on a map. Rashin knows right a way what she'll say: Iran looks like a cat! what will the other kids say?What about the country YOUR family is originally from?Is it shaped like an apple? A boot? A torch?Open this book to join Rashin in discovering the true things that shape a place called home.

The Shape of Home

Learn all about the traditions of Ramadan with this first book in the brand-new board book series Celebrate the World, which highlights celebrations across the globe.In the ninth month of the year, when the first crescent moon rises in the sky, it’s time to celebrate Ramadan! In this lovely board book with illustrations from Rashin Kheiriyeh, readers learn that Ramadan is a time to reflect on ourselves, to be thankful, and a time to help others.

Ramadan

Saffron Ice Cream by Rashin is fantastic. It’s about a young girl who comes from Iran to the United States. She is adjusting to her new life and realizing some parts of her new life will be very different, culturally.

Saffron Ice Cream

Two Parrots

There was an old lady who swalloed aFly,I don't know why she swallowed a Fly,perhaps she'll die.Rashin's colorful and comedic illustrations take you from midgulp to midbelly as the animals are swallowed whole.Her devoted cat tries to help:"Stop! Don't eat it.""Try this !"But when the old lady grabs the cat it's every beast for itself. "Eat the dog!"And when the old lady cheers "Catch it!"The critters leap into action to catch the one that was swallowed before.

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